I've become aware fairly recently of a widespread revolt against all these old songs about men killing women. And today I listened to a song by Dirk Powell called "I ain't playing Pretty Polly any more" (There are several recordings on youtube.com)

https://www.newsbreak.com/louisiana/lafayette/news/1612278470760/listen-dirk-powell-i-aint-playing-pretty-polly-with-rhiannon-giddens
LISTEN TO “I AIN’T PLAYING PRETTY POLLY” HERE
“I grew up playing and singing ‘Pretty Polly.’ I was really proud to have learned a unique version of it in the ‘overhand’ banjo style from my grandfather in Kentucky. One evening I was singing it during a soundcheck and heard the words ‘he stabbed her through the heart and her heart’s blood did flow’ coming out of my mouth… and I just stopped cold in the middle of the verse. I thought about my grandmother, my mother, my daughters. I thought about pervasive violence against women and the way men are given the bulk of the story in songs like these, and often some kind of twisted romantic glory or sympathy, and I said to myself, ‘I’m never singing this song again.’... "

https://dirkpowellmusic.bandcamp.com/album/when-i-wait-for-you

I Ain’t Playing Pretty Polly

When I was a young boy, my papaw played me songs
He’d sing that Pretty Polly, and I’d listen all night long
Those sounds went straight into my soul, sitting on his cabin floor
But I ain’t playing Pretty Polly anymore

When Granny was a young girl, she had to hold her own
She told my little sister, don’t get with a man alone
Down in the Willow Garden, wasn't ...

[unfortunately I don't see how to access the lyrics on the bandcamp page ; maybe I'd find them if I sign up at the page?]